Financing tomorrow's trade
Due to increased sales, a soft commodity trader required a receivables purchase facility for one of their large customers - purchased from Africa and sold to the US.
Purchasing commodities from Africa, the US, and Europe and selling to Europe, a metals trader required a receivables finance facility for a book of their receivables/customers.
An energy group, selling mainly into Europe, desired a receivables purchase facility to discount names, where they had increased sales and concentration.
Rather than waiting 90 days until payment was made, the company wanted to pay suppliers on the day that the title to goods transferred to them, meaning it could expand its range of suppliers and receive supplier discounts.
Informing Today’s Market, Financing tomorrow’s Trade.
The Trade Facilitation Programme (TFP) is an initiative by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) launched in 1999 to promote foreign trade in its countries of operation through various products. The TFP has facilitated over 31,000 transactions totaling more than €31.7 billion since its inception.
